In accordance with
the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA
2004) and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), West Virginia
developed a model for providing access to the general education curriculum
for students with exceptionalities. State and regional workshops are being
conducted to train teachers to lead the development of IEP goals and objectives,
as needed, that are based on the Next Generation Content Standards and Objectives
and Next Generation Essential and Community Elements. Standards-Based IEPs
provide individual plans that target grade-level academic content.

IEPs
developed on or after July 1, 2014, are required to be in standards-based
format.